Penalty for practising in contravention of the Act

(1) If after such date as the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette specify in this behalf any person other than a registered homoeopath or other than a person whose name is entered in the list prepared and kept under section 62, practices or holds himself out, whether directly or by implication, as practising or as being prepared to practice, the homoeopathic system of medicine, he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to Rs. 200 and where the offence is a continuing one, with a further fine which may extend to Rs. 25 for each day during which the offence continues after the first such conviction. (2) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to prohibit any person from practising the Homoeopathic system of medicine if he practices it for charity and not for livelihood: Provided that such person shall not be entitled to the privileges of Homoeopaths specified in Chapter V of this Act. (3) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any class of persons either throughout the State or in any area specified in such notification.